Author: trident50
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A 15-Year Health IT Journey: How MetroHealth Became Stage 7-Recognized
What started as a vision to implement health IT across its organization ended in Stage 7 recognition for 18 MetroHealth facilities. The health system’s CMIO explains the journey. In 1999, when the Cleveland, Ohio-based MetroHealth system went live on its electronic health record (EHR) with its first ambulatory site, the underlying mission of the organization…
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Google Glass, drchrono to Create Wearable EHR
Mountain View, Calif.-based electronic health record (EHR) application developer, drchrono is becoming the first EHR vendor to integrate its application into the wearable technology. This, drchrono claims, will create the first wearable EHR. It’s a busy week for Google Glass-led collaborations. First, UCLA announced this week that physicians at the university’s medical center will use…
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How Virginia Mason plans to implement, optimize CPOE
Arthur James Bender, M.D., medical director of health information at Virginia Mason Medical Center, believes that ongoing CPOE implementation efforts at his Seattle-based hospital can lead to improvements for both patients and providers. read more …read more
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New York eHealth Collaborative Achieves DirectTrust.org/EHNAC Accreditation
The New York e-Health Collaborative (NYeC), which is coordinating development of New York’s electronic health records network , known as the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (the SHIN-NY), says it has achieved full accreditation with the Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) from DirectTrust.org and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). Direct…
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Understanding Apple Health
Apple recently announced Health and Healthkit as part of iOS 8, and initial responses have been mixed. At one extreme, the (highly biased) CEO of Mayo Clinic called Apple Health “revolutionary.” At the other, cynical health IT pundits claim that Apple Health is a consumer novelty and won’t crack the enigmatic healthcare system. As a…
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Automated ‘lab-on-a-chip’ tech could reduce healthcare costs
A new computer programming language, created by a research team at the University of California, Riverside, will automate “laboratory-on-a-chip” technologies–and has the potential to reduce healthcare costs. read more …read more
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Study: Exercise apps’ features connect users
The support of others is essential for people to stay motivated while working out so social networks now try to use programs and applications to connect users while they exercise. read more …read more
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Black Book: Financial system technology key to hospital survival
A majority of hospital chief financial officers say the reimbursement challenges ahead require that they make financial system technology a priority–in fact, it’s key to their institution’s survival, according to a new Black Book survey. read more …read more
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IT blamed in Athens EHR debacle
Who’s to blame when EHR implementations go south? There’s often enough fault to go around. But when the fallout is bad enough, sometimes self-interested parties are all too ready to point fingers. [See also: CEO resigns amid troubled EHR rollout] read more …read more
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Halamka envisions use of online sites to share health records
People use social media, Wikipedia and other such sites to share information about current events and their day-to-day lives. Now, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka envisions a world where similar sites are used to share medical information. read more …read more